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  • Honoring Jarrett for his service

    Marlene Oddie|Oct 11, 2017

    Instead of just relaxing in retirement, Richard “Dick” Jarrett and his wife, Nancy, were committed to working for the Lord. In 2003, Dick called the regional Seventh-day Adventist church leadership and was able to speak with Doug Johnson, the then-communication director. Doug provided names of several churches across the northwest that could use some assistance. Dick and his wife actually went to all of them and, through prayer and a hat draw, Grand Coulee was selected. His wife was enthusiastic about community outreach and started a thr...

  • New pastor, family to serve at local church

    Marlene Oddie|Aug 9, 2017

    A new pastoral family has come to serve the Grand Coulee Seventh-day Adventist Church. James McCurdy served three small churches in Northwest Kansas before accepting a call by the Upper Columbia Conference to pastor three churches in Washington state in Grand Coulee, Republic, and Orient. For McCurdy, the move to Washington is getting back to his roots. He was born in Cusick, Washington, the third of five children. He grew up loving the outdoors, helping in the orchards and fields, and planting...